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=Grenville, George Leveson-Gower, second Earl= (1815-1891). Entered Parliament, 1836; secretary for foreign affairs, 1851-1852, 1870-1874, 1880-1885; colonial secretary, 1868-1870 and 1886. =Index=: =Md= Colonial secretary, his part in the transfer of North-West Territories to Canada, 157. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Grenville, William Wyndham, Baron= (1759-1834). Entered Parliament, 1782; paymaster-general, 1783; Speaker of the House of Commons, 1789; created Baron Grenville, 1790; secretary for foreign affairs, 1791; first lord of the treasury, 1806. =Index=: =Dr= Succeeds Sydney in colonial office, 248; sends out draft bill for better government of the province, 248. =S= Sends draft of Const.i.tutional Act to Lord Dorchester, 2. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Grenville, Thomas= (1755-1846). =Dr= Accompanies Oswald to Paris to discuss terms of peace, 192. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Grey, Charles, second Earl= (1764-1845). Distinguished British statesman, noted particularly for his connection with the first Reform Bill. =Sy= Becomes prime minister, 25; resigns, 45. =Mc= W.L.
Mackenzie's opinion of, 221; favours amnesty for Mackenzie, 478; Mackenzie's letter to, 479. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Grey, _Life of Lord Grey_.
=Grey, Henry George, third Earl= (1802-1894). Secretary for the colonies, 1830-1833; secretary for war, 1835-1841; succeeded to the earldom, 1845; again secretary for the colonies, 1846-1852. =Index=: =E= Colonial secretary, 13; on Metcalfe's mistaken policy, 36; Elgin's letters to, 54-55; persuades Elgin to retain governor-generals.h.i.+p, 77; and the Clergy Reserves, 164-165. =BL= Colonial secretary--his att.i.tude towards Canada, 267-272; Baldwin's reference to, 268-269; sanctions representative government, but with a reservation, 273; his instructions to Elgin, 274; Elgin's letter to, 285. =Md= Friendly att.i.tude towards responsible government, 33; his despatch to Sir John Harvey on responsible government, 33; text of the despatch, 47-50. =W= His despatch on money grants, 1847, 96; on colonial administration, 113; disallows Hemp Bounties Bill, 118. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, fourth Earl= (1851- ). Born Howick, England. Educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Member of British House of Commons, 1880-1886; administrator of Rhodesia, 1896-1897; director of British South Africa Company, 1898-1904. Succeeded Lord Minto as governor-general of Canada, 1904.
=Bib.=: _Hubert Hervey: a Memoir_. For biog., _see Who's Who_.
=Grey, Sir Charles Edward= (1785-1865). Educated at Oxford University; called to the bar, 1811; commissioner in bankruptcy, 1817; judge of the Supreme Court of Madras, 1820; knighted, 1820; sent to Canada as one of three commissioners to investigate causes of prevailing discontent, 1835; elected to the House of Commons, 1838; governor of the Barbados, 1841-1846; governor of Jamaica, 1847-1853. =Index=: =P= Royal Commissioner, sent to Canada with Lord Gosford and Sir George Gipps in 1835, 111. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Greywell Hill.= =Dr= Hamps.h.i.+re residence of Lord Dorchester, 307.
=Grisler, Charles.= =S= Shot for desertion, 73.
=Griffon.= =F= Vessel built by La Salle and lost in Lake Michigan, 159.
=Grignan, de.= =F= Son-in-law of Mme. de Sevigne, a candidate for governors.h.i.+p of Canada, 65.
=Grondines.= =WM= French vessels retreat to, 152.
=Groseilliers.= _See_ Chouart.
=Guelph.= A city of Western Ontario, situated on the Speed River, in the county of Wellington. Founded by John Galt (_q.v._), 1827. =Bib.=: Lizars, _Days of the Canada Company_.
=Guernsey.= =Bk= Island of, birthplace of Brock, 1-6.
=Guerriere.= =Bk= British s.h.i.+p taken by the _Const.i.tution_, 284.
=Guers, Jean-Baptiste.= =Ch= Accompanies Champlain to Quebec, 1620, 121.
=Gugy, Conrad= (1730-1786). Born at the Hague; son of a Swiss officer in the Dutch service. Educated for the engineers; disposed of his commission and settled in Quebec. Subsequently secretary to Sir Frederick Haldimand and a member of the Legislative and Executive Councils. =Index=: =Hd= Swiss, Haldimand's secretary, 62; his tomb, 345.
=Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._
=Gugy, Conrad Augustus.= Educated at Cornwall under John Strachan.
Served for a time in the army; afterwards studied law and called to the bar of Lower Canada. Elected a member of the a.s.sembly. Led the troops at the a.s.sault of St. Eustache. Subsequently adjutant-general and commissioner of police. =Index=: =P= Defends the government in the a.s.sembly, 1835, 101-102; on French-Canadian grievances, 103; a major in the militia, 103; serves with Colborne at St. Eustache in 1837, 103; advocates native-born ministry, 196. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Christie, _History of Lower Canada_.
=Guienne Regiment.= =WM= Soldier of saves Captain Ochterlony, mortally wounded, from being scalped, 142; Wolfe wishes to reward him, but reward declined by Vaudreuil, 145; ordered to Heights of Abraham, 160; unwise withdrawal of, from Plains of Abraham, 184; in battle of Ste. Foy, 257.
=Bib.=: Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_; Wood, _The Fight for Canada_; Bradley, _Fight with France_.
=Guilbault.= =Ch= Merchant, a.s.sists in taking Fort St. Pierre, 236.
=Guilford, Frederick North, second Earl of= (1732-1792). Entered Parliament, 1754; chancellor of the exchequer 1767; premier, 1770; resigned in 1783. =Index=: =Dr= On Quebec Act, 66; defeat of his government, 191. =Hd= His difficulty with settlers at Vincennes, 92; burnt in effigy, 97; Haldimand's letters to, 259, 265; his idea of a military settlement in the Eastern Towns.h.i.+ps, 264. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat.
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